Coronation portrait of nicholas i george dawe painted the portraits commissioned by william spencer cavendish, 6th duke of devonshire (1790-1858), who represented king george iv at the coronation in moscow in 1826. The prototype for the portrait was most likely dawe's early work - the portrait of grand duke nikolai pavlovich of 1821 (now the state hermitage museum). It was not difficult for the remarkable professional to "redress" nicholas and add the appropriate attributes (which, in my opinion, did not turn out very well (to put it mildly) - a. K. ) the duke paid 800 pounds sterling (15,000 rubles at the time) for the portrait. From an artistic point of view, there are a number of complaints about dawe - some "superposition" of nicholas's head on the body, inaccuracy in the depiction of the regalia (the crown "suffered" especially). Perhaps the speed of execution of the order and the absence of natural sittings had an effect. The portrait of the empress was executed later, perhaps dou simply did not have time to paint it for the reception. Alexandra also did not pose for the artist - he again used an early work - a portrait of grand duchess alexandra feodorovna with children (now the state russian museum) - the same angle, hairstyle, only in the coronation portrait the empress is already standing in full growth with a small crown (the first detailed and accurate depiction of regalia in a ceremonial russian (not by the author, but by the depicted person) portrait of the 19th century - a. K. ). Date: 1826-1829.
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